Help Me (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)

B-side"Bye Bye Bird"

Released1963 (1963)

RecordedChicago, January 11, 1963

GenreBlues

"Help Me"
Single by Sonny Boy Williamson II
B-side	"Bye Bye Bird"
Released	1963 (1963)
Recorded	Chicago, January 11, 1963
Genre	Blues
Length	3:07
Label	Checker (no. 1036)
Songwriter(s)	Sonny Boy Williamson II Willie Dixon Ralph Bass
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess Phil Chess Willie Dixon
Sonny Boy Williamson II singles chronology
"One Way Out" / "Nine Below Zero" (1962) "Help Me" (1963) "Trying to Get Back on My Feet" / "Decoration Day" (1963)

"Help Me" is a blues standard first recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963.^[1] The song, a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues, is credited to Williamson, Willie Dixon, and Ralph Bass and is based on the 1962 instrumental hit "Green Onions" by Booker T. and the MGs.^[1] "Help Me" became a hit in 1963 and reached number 24 in the Billboard R&B chart.^[2]

The song was later included on the 1966 Williamson compilation More Folk Blues.^[3] In 1987, "Help Me" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in the "Classic of Blues Recordings" category.^[4] It is featured on many Sonny Boy Williamson greatest hits albums including His Best.^[5]